70 dart 470 ci drag car build.

I have been working 7 days a week this summer to try and keep up with bills since my wife still isn't working, she has an interview on Thursday so I'm excited.
Im sort of back at it with the car, I have my heads back at work to set them up after a final clean up surface and port match the tunnel ram/ fix the angle on the intake flange.
I have done a couple things on my block, I added a .062 hole on the rear of the thrust bearing and drilled my block and caps so I can stake the 2, 3, 4 main caps.
That added a ton of stability to the caps. It took 30 minutes to remove those caps because they wouldn't budge even with the studs out.
I still have to fill the cooling passages, hone the cylinders and have it line honed again.
I'll be getting back to it more after my wife gets some income.View attachment 1716447294
I have thought about doing that in some fashion. That should hold. How deep did you go into the bulkhead? Obviously it tightens-up the register function. There just isn't a lot of material to work with. Did you ever flow the 240 TF head (b4 and after)? Keep moving. In the meantime, nice work!